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Definition of Shrewdly
1. Adverb. In a shrewd manner. "He was acutely insightful"
Partainyms: Sharp, Astute, Sagacious, Sapient, Shrewd
Definition of Shrewdly
1. Adverb. In a shrewd manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shrewdly
1. shrewd [adv] - See also: shrewd
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shrewdly
Literary usage of Shrewdly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"... AND HIS WIFE TERESA CONVERSE shrewdly THE translator of this history, when he
comes to write this fifth chapter, says that he considers it apocryphal, ..."
2. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins (1823)
"Why yes," said he, "I see full well The building's large — and yet, if all Whom
you've made poor, were here to dwell, I shrewdly guess 'twould be too small. ..."
3. The Correspondence of King George the Third with Lord North from 1768 to 1783 by George (1867)
"I can't say that " I have,' answered his Lordship ; ' but I shrewdly suspect
that " I have seen some of my laced ruffles on the hands of the gentlemen " who ..."
4. Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With Anecdotes of by Agnes Strickland, Elizabeth Strickland (1843)
"... his excellency affected to be satisfied ; yet 'ic shrewdly suspected, that
the regent had no particular desire to hinder .he passage of ihe chevalier, ..."
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